Gulfstream Park will have eleven races today with first post time of 12:35 p.m.

The main track is listed as fast and the turf course is listed as good. Six races are scheduled for turf.

Those races will follow an exciting Saturday that was highlighted by Mohaymen’s (photo on home page) eye-popping victory in the $350,000 Holy Bull Stakes (Grade 2) for 3-year-olds.

Mohaymen, in his first race at Gulfstream, took the lead from GreenpointCrusader in the final turn and powered ahead to beat that rival by 3 ½ lengths.

Junior Alvarado rode Mohaymen who won in the very fast time of 1:42.07 on the track listed as fast. He was the 1-5 favorite in the six-horse field.

Mohaymen’s win was his fourth in four career starts, with three in graded stakes. The Holy Bull victory should solidify his spot near the top (first in some cases) of most analysts’ lists of contenders for the May 7 Kentucky Derby (Grade 1).

In the winner’s circle, trainer Kiaran McLaughlin said he expects that Mohaymen’s next race will be the $400,000 Fountain of Youth (Grade 2) at Gulfstream on Feb. 27. After that, the likely target would be the $1 million Florida Derby (Grade 1) at Gulfstream on April 2.

Mohaymen, a son of Tapit, is owned by Dubai-based Shadwell Stable.

Later today we will have a story with more detailed analysis of the Holy Bull.

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Editor Jim Freer has covered horse racing for 15 years during his career as a journalist writing about business and sports in South Florida. He was previously the horse racing correspondent for the Miami Herald and the Florida correspondent for Blood-Horse. Jim contributes to other racing publications and is a regular guest on industry radio and podcast shows for WDBFradio.com and espn.com. He manages editorial content for HorseRacingFla.com.

*Saturday Nov. 3 -- the Gulfstream Park West meet, at Calder, will have the first two stakes races of its 2018 meet.

The $75,000 Cellars Chiraz is one mile on turf for 3-year-old fillies. The $75,000 Showing Up is one mile on turf for 3-year-old males.

*Saturday Nov. 10 -- Nine stakes races at GP West, all restricted to Florida-breds and all with $75,000 purses

*Saturday Nov. 24 -- opening day of 2018-2019 meet at Tampa Bay Downs

*Sunday Nov. 25 -- closing day of 2018 GP West meet

*Saturday Dec. 1 -- opening day of Gulfstream Park championship meet. The opening day card will feature the national Claiming Crown--with nine stakes races restricted to horses that during 2017 and 2018 raced at least once at or below designated claiming prices.